Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza, is born on 9th December, 1981 is an Indian model, actress and Former Miss Asia-Pacific who appears in Bollywood films. Dia Mirza was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Hindu
who is an interior designer, landscaper and currently does social work
as a volunteer to help alcoholics and addicts. They separated when she
was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother
married Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her stepfather’s
surname and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father,
becoming Dia Mirza Handrich.

Dia Mirza was a second runner up at Femina Miss India,
2000 and was subsequently sent to Miss Asia Pacific, where she won.
When she won the Miss Asia Pacific title on 3 December 2000 in Manila,
Philippines, she became the first Indian contestant to win this title in
29 years. She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000; Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year.

Dia Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. Although the film was not a box office success, she appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also starred in the music video, Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from his album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sung by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.

She also appeared in the films Dus and Fight Club. She was the only female actor among the six key characters in the film, Acid Factory in which she played a femme fatale who is also a gangster. Diya will next be featuring in ‘Johny Mastana’, ‘Bits and pieces’, ‘Kayanat’, ‘Bidhaatar lekha’.